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Impacts of Traditional Architecture on the Use of Wood As an Element of Facade Covering in Serbian Contemporary Architecture SPATIUM International Review UDC 728.012.6:691.11 ; No. 24, March 2011, pp. 57-62 692.23.011.1 Preliminary report-Short Communications DOI: 10.2298/SPAT1124057I IMPACTS OF TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE ON THE USE OF WOOD AS AN ELEMENT OF FACADE COVERING IN SERBIAN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE Jelena Ivanović Šekularac1, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Architecture, Belgrade, Serbia Nenad Šekularac, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Architecture, Belgrade, Serbia The world trend of re-use of wood and wood products as materials for construction and covering of architectural structures is present not only because of the need to meet the aesthetic, artistic and formal requirements or to seek inspiration in the return to the tradition and nature, but also because of its ecological, economic and energetic feasibility. Furthermore, the use of wood fits into contemporary trends of sustainable development and application of modern technical and technological solutions in the production of materials, in order to maintain a connection to nature, environment and tradition. In this study the author focuses on wood and wood products as an element of facade covering on buildings in our country, in order to extend knowledge about possibilities and limitations of their use and create a base for their greater and correct application. The subject of this research is to examine the application of wood and wood products as an element covering the exterior in combination with other materials applied in our traditional and contemporary homes with the emphasis on functional, representational art and the various possibilities of wood. In this study all the factors that affect the application of wood and wood products have been analyzed and the conclusions have been drawn about the manner of their implementation and the types of wood and wood products protection. The development of modern technological solutions in wood processing led to the production of composite materials based on wood that are highly resistant, stable and much longer lasting than wood. Those materials have maintained in an aesthetic sense all the characteristics of wood that make it unique and inimitable. This is why modern facade coating based on wood should be applied as a facade covering in the exterior of modern architectural buildings in Serbia, and the use wood reduced to a minimum. Keywords: wood, wood-based products, composite materials, modern facade coatings, coating of architectural facilities in Serbia • creative procedure, that takes the past as the criterion, shows a 1 INTRODUCTION sense of belonging and attachment, as well as • creative analytical procedure (Trifunović, 1969). Influences and interpretations of traditional the ability to re-interpret the sensibility of the architecture elements in the contemporary The creative influence of tradition on contem- traditional local architecture in the form of architectural works in Serbia can be grouped into porary architectural work is reflected in the direct modern sensibility found in the new architectural several categories. What makes popular visual recognition of the creative approach, which work (Marić, 2006). architecture rich and varied is the diversity of can be characterized as: formalism, imitation, historical phenomena and forms transposable to citation, stylization (Trifunović, 1969). contemporary architecture in more or less The analytical creative process relies on the recognizable way. subjective experience of the interpretation of Various possibilities of interpretation of the tradition by accepting the past as the criterion. motives used in contemporary architecture are This procedure excludes the past as a cult that developing based on the experiences of traditional should be cherished, and the past experiences folk architecture. These impacts can be classified transformation in the modern architectural into two main categories: work. The methods applied in this procedure can be characterized as a partial influence of Figure 1. An example of partial impact of the tradition and transposition to the modern architectural work, House Pejović, tradition and transposition (Figure 1). The th 1 Bul. kralja Aleksandra 73/II, 11 000 Beograd, Serbia transposition in architecture, in the most Povlen, architect Blagota Pešić, 2004. (27 Salon of [email protected] abstract form, becomes the best artistic result Architecture, 2005) spatium 57 Ivanović Šekularac J., Šekularac N.: Impacts of traditional architecture on the use of wood as an element of facade covering... As a reflection of the formalism in architectural Porches, hipped roofs, deep eaves, wood as an maintains a constant connection to the traditions structures in Serbia today, we can see the element of the facade cladding, stone as an and folk architecture. simplicity of form - great hipped roofs with em- element of connection with the ground, are Our architectural tradition represents a great phasized eaves and elements of the wooden recognizable elements of structures built by potential and can be an eternal inspiration for structure and flat facades with wood elements as emulating a certain style or architectural work, modern architects to find ways of building and decoration. This type of approach to the fina- resulting from the designer’s desire to preserve designing homes that would be more lization of some modern buildings is based on the original values of folk architecture (Figure 2). compatible with the region. This statement can the assessment of qualities of traditional folk be adopted as one of the possible approaches architecture and the formal application of these APPLICATION OF WOOD AND WOOD and we could give it a real significance in the elements in new buildings without the prior ana- PRODUCTS IN MODERN creation of modern architectural works. What is lysis of the element itself or its characteristics. ARCHITECTURE IN SERBIA important and good in the world practice should The examples of family houses built in the style be applied to the extent allowed by climate, of traditional architecture by applying the forms There is a tendency towards affirmation and functional, morphological and economic and proportions of old buildings, as well as realization of the continuity of the national conditions in Serbia. We should build in a traditional materials, have an impact on the heritage in one part of Serbian contemporary modern, but different way and successfully creation of new environments associated with architecture. This is reflected in the protection of follow what is good in our traditional the tradition and the preservation of existing architectural heritage, the study of folk architecture. In our country, there are few environmental units in which the spirit of architecture and the inclination to transfer the modern buildings inspired by traditional tradition is intertwined with the modern spirit. principles and spirit of traditional architecture architecture. We should not mindlessly copy the into the contemporary architectural works. The The connection to the traditional architecture is architectural tradition with no connection to application of wood in contemporary archi- sometimes expressed by a quote in the archi- contemporary trends in architecture. Our tecture, as the old - new material, brought about tecture, by introducing only a detail or element architectural tradition, whenever possible, the elements of national creativity as an attempt which represents a connection with the should serve as inspiration to develop modern to introduce a change which has the aesthetic, architecture of the past. The introduction of a construction methods and design houses that constructive and stimulating effect on the overall symbol represents a process that establishes would best fit in this area. The solution to many perception and understanding of architecture. the connection between the modern problems currently present in the Serbian architecture and the traditional and regional It is possible to achieve an original work of architecture lies in undertaking efforts to educate architecture. The application of the symbols of creation by building in the style of regionalism the future generations of designers and builders folk architecture – porch, emphasized wooden with the use of indigenous materials, building and in taking a more inspiring, creative and roof structure, wooden shingle as a roof technology and traditional designing methods modern approach to the implementation of covering, post and petrail construction on the for a specific situation – on the spot. traditional architecture elements in a new and facade, or wood as a facade lining in the modern way and their successful combination contemporary architectural structures – The tendency to preserve the regional with modern materials. represents the partial impact of tradition on characteristics of architecture is an important, almost strategically important element of Today, when an architect designs a building that contemporary architecture (Marić, 2003). national expression from the viewpoint of the needs to fit into the environment and conform to By using stone, wood, brick and S-tile as roofing correct and rational use of land, preservation of the principles of ecological construction, natural i.e. original materials typical for the architecture the identity and particularity, the formation of materials and appropriate protection measures of Serbia as a region, it is possible to emulate a high-quality environment in the natural or must be used at every stage of construction
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